M3.0 earthquake 7 km E of Verdikoússa, Greece
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 7 km E of Verdikoússa, Greece on Fri, Sep 22, 2006, 2:46 AM GMT+3 (23:46 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 12 km SSW of Kallíthiro, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-09-21 23:46:09 UTC
- Depth
- 24.0 km (14.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.790° N, 22.060° E
- Region
- Greece
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000etj3. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Station coverage gap
- 86°
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.312 km SSW of Kallíthiro, Greece · 7315 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.012 km W of Litóchoro, Greece · 7310 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.13 km N of Áno Lekhónia, Greece · 7290 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.99 km E of Kerasochóri, Greece · 7274 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.03 km SSE of Aianí, Greece · 7274 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.317 km SW of Kallíthiro, Greece · 7266 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.07 km SW of Siátista, Greece · 7263 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.28 km ENE of Tsotíli, Greece · 7263 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.012 km ENE of Koutselió, Greece · 7260 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.18 km NE of Makrakómi, Greece · 7257 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
Before
- 3.17 km NNW of Anávra, Greece · 7319 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.116 km WSW of Anávra, Greece · 7320 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.114 km S of Kallíthiro, Greece · 7320 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.216 km NE of Kerasochóri, Greece · 7320 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.98 km NNE of Anávra, Greece · 7329 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.211 km WSW of Deskáti, Greece · 7333 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.013 km WSW of Deskáti, Greece · 7333 days ago · 19 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.42 km WSW of Koryfí, Greece · 7335 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.11 km W of Kallíthiro, Greece · 7338 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.44 km S of Kanália, Greece · 7341 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.013 km SW of Metsovo, Greece · 7344 days ago · 30 km deep · 84 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000etj3. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:09 AM UTC.